Although it is indispensable to react quickly and consistently to youth perpetrators and thus ensure that they will be apprehended, it is undisputed that the approach developed in the 1980s of applying the principle of “education ahead of punishment” in youth penal law and youth sentencing should be continued.
Si bien es indispensable que se reaccione de manera rápida y coherente ante los jóvenes que cometen delitos para que sean detenidos, se debe mantener en las leyes penales y la pena que se les aplique el criterio desarrollado en los años ochenta de que "la educación debe preceder al castigo".